Director of QA and Automation

About Aeris Communications Inc.

For more than three decades, Aeris has been a trusted cellular IoT leader enabling the biggest IoT programs and opportunities across Automotive, Utilities and Energy, Fleet Management and Logistics, Medical Devices, and Manufacturing. Our IoT technology expertise serves a global ecosystem of 7,000 enterprise customers and 30 mobile network operator partners, and 90 million IoT devices across the world. Aeris powers today’s connected smart world with innovative technologies and borderless connectivity that simplify management, enhance security, optimize performance, and drive growth.

Job Summary

Aeris is in search of a "hands on" leader to guide QA and automation teams with a strong understanding of Software product development, telecom domain knowledge and a passion for Quality Assurance and test automation. In this role, you'll be leading a small, fast-paced team. You will be collaborating with other engineering teams and product management. You must have a solid understanding of core Java and UI concepts as your team works the complete stack: including front end, backend, web services, and database layers. To this end, Aeris employs the use of a “QualDev” title to emphasize the mindset.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and guidance to a team of QualDev Engineers, fostering a collaborative and high-performing environment.
• Design, develop, and execute complex JMeter scripts for API testing, load testing, and performance testing.
• Enhance and maintain our testing framework, integrating Selenium, Appium, and Postman automation into our CI/CD pipelines.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of automotive systems with the cloud.
• Analyze test results to identify bottlenecks and performance issues, driving continuous improvement in system reliability and performance.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve complex issues with scripts, applications, and infrastructure components.
• Lead test planning and estimation, risk identification and mitigation, and maintain comprehensive test metrics (e.g., defect densities, post-production issues).
• Deliver detailed and meaningful reports on test results, highlighting potential areas for improvement.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest industry trends, tools, and techniques related to API and performance testing.
• Provide mentorship and professional development guidance to team members.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• A minimum of 12 to 15 years of experience in Software Testing, including at least 4 years as a QA Manager for a complete product.
• Proven leadership experience, preferably as a Testing Manager/ Test Architect.
• Strong development skills, with proficiency in at least one programming language (Java/Python).
• In-depth knowledge of RESTful APIs, messaging protocols such as MQTT and AMQP, Kafka, and Google Cloud Pub/Sub.
• Hands-on experience with containerization technologies like Kubernetes.
• Proficiency in building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and strong communication and collaboration abilities.
• Experience in writing SQL queries and a basic understanding of performance testing.

Preferred Requirements

• Experience in the automotive industry or IoT projects involving vehicle connectivity.
• Experience with network Security products
• Experience with working with products based on data analytics
• Exposure to additional cloud environments (GCP/AWS) and technologies such as Kafka, Elastic Search, Redis.
• Knowledge of additional performance testing tools and techniques beyond JMeter.

As part of our hiring process, Aeris may conduct background checks to verify the information provided in your application and assess your suitability for the role. The scope and type of checks will comply with the applicable laws and regulations of the country where the position is based. Additional detail will be provided via the formal application process.
Aeris walks the walk on diversity.We are a brilliant mix of varying ethnicities, backgrounds, religions, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities, ages and professional/personal/military experiences – and that’s by design. Different perspectives are essential to our culture, innovative process and competitive edge. Aeris is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.